Bag-filling device.



No. 791,472. vEETENTED JUNE 6, 1905.

. E. KAISER.

BAG FILLING DEVICE. APPLIUATION FILED un. 1a. 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented June 6, 1905.

PATIENT OFFICE.

BAG-FILLING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 791,472, dated J' une 6, 1905.

i Application led .April 18, 1904. Serial No. 203,771

T aZZ whom it may concern:

terial that is placed within the bag to the fullv height of such bag, thereby saving much labor and time in'this class of work. I accomplish this object by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bag-filling device constructed according to my invention,

showing the bag secured to the same and indicating the way in which the same is handled by the operator. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same with the bag removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, partly broken away, showing the lsOtructure of the spring-clip for securing the The device shown consists of asubstantially cylindrical tubular scoop member 1, preferably constructed of sheet metal and having riveted thereon a longitudinally disposed spring-clip 2. The scoop member 1 is adapted to be placed within the open end of a bag 4, one part of the edge or hem 5 of the mouth of the bag being securely held in position by the clip 2. The clip 2 is preferably offset at 6 to receive the hem or folded edge of the bagand the free end 7 of the clip is suitably formed to lie flat against and bear upon the side of the bag for a considerable distance beyond said hem. The scoop and bag are now gripped by the hands of the operator, as inv dicated in Fig. 1, and together used as a scoop for filling the bag. The operators hand 8, which is at the rear end of the scoop 1, grips the scoop and bag at a point opposite the spring-clip 2 and serves to assist the springclip in securing the bag in position. It Willbe readily seen that the scoop need not fill the entire interior of the bag and that one scoop will serve for bags ranging considerably in size. y

It is found in practice that with a scoop-constructed according to my invention an operator can accomplish an amount of useful work greatly in excess of what the same operator could do when lling similar bags With a shovel. In the latter case it is usually necessary to have an assistant or some mechanical device for holding the bag open in an upright position, and then all of the material which is filled into the bag must be raised by means of a shovel to the full height 'of the bag. With a device constructed according to my invention it is merely necessary to swing the scoop into a pile of material and then raise the forward end 9 of the member l, allowing the material to flow into the bag. One or two of Such operations `are sucient to ll bags of the usual sizes, and the operator requires no outside assistance whatever. Other features of the operation of the device shown will be apparent from the foregoing description.

It will be readily seen that the expenditure yof energy for filling a bag with a device constructed according to my Invention 1s much less than is the case where the material must be filled into the bag with a shovel.

It will be seen that some of the details of the construction shown may be altered without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim asmy invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

1. A device of the class described comprising a cylindrical tubular member having ends at right angles tothe sides thereof, said memloer being of uniform size throughout, and a Hat spring-clip attached on the exterior of said member near one end and with its free' end extending toward the other end, said clipv having an offset intermediate its endsto receive the hem of the bag.

2. A device of the class described, compris# ing the tubular member 1 Saidtubular member being of uniform diameter throughout and formed with both endsat right angles to the sides thereof and adapted to be passed into the open end of a bag, a spring-clip 2 secured on the hands of the operator and used ns n scoop for filling the bag, substantially as described. IO

Signed at Vernon this 11th day of April, 1904.

ERNST KAISER.

Witnesses:

J. H. TORBECK, CHRIST Tomaison. 

